Mari Costa – författare

A half-demon socialite-turned-exorcist and his disgruntled bodyguard have no trouble facing down the hordes of darkness—but facing their feelings for each other? Well now, that’s a whole different story . . .Helianthes is a Cambion—a child born touched by demons. Horned, clawed, and tailed, Helianthes—Hell for short—is a devil-may-care exorcist whose devil-may-care attitude has succeeded in alienating those closest to him—all save for his long-suffering bodyguard, Elias, who sees him as less a strange, mythical being and more just a . . . nuisance.Together, the two venture into the streets of this psuedo-remix of Victorian London to exorcise demons (and maybe cause a little mischief on the way). But as Hell becomes increasingly drawn to his enigmatic bodyguard—and as Elias becomes increasingly aware of his feelings for his trouble of a charge—the two find themselves faced with a growing, chaotic dark that might threaten everything they’ve been working toward . . .A world of half-demons and the boys who love them await in this epic queer romance by writer/artist Mariana Costa!

On the eve of her 18th birthday, a blithely happy princess named Aisling is confronted by a hardscabble teenage rogue named Forgive-Me-Not. Aisling quickly learns a few hard truths: she’s not the biological daughter of the king and queen. She’s not the heir to the throne. She’s not even human.Aisling was a changeling, switched at birth as part of a fey scheme and power play. Forgive-Me-Not, the true heir, was raised in the faerie world where she was toyed with and mistreated for much of her life.This kicks off a long and arduous journey in which the two realise both how different their lives are, and how their different lives put them into a place where they can help each other and see each other in ways no one else can.

High-school senior and notorious Hawkins finally works up the courage to remove her mascot mask and ask out her longtime crush: Regina Moreno, head cheerleader, academic overachiever, and all-around popular girl. There’s only one teensy little problem: Regina is already dating Chloe Kitagawa, athletic all-star . . . and middling English student. Regina sees a perfectly self-serving opportunity here, and asks the smitten Hawkins to tutor Chloe free of charge, knowing Hawkins will do anything to get closer to her.And while Regina’s plan works at first, she doesn’t realize that Hawkins and Chloe knew each other as kids, when Hawkins went by Belle and wore princess dresses to school every single day. Before long, romance does start to blossom, but not between whom you might expect.